In re Santos

28 Cited authorities

  1. Apprendi v. New Jersey

    530 U.S. 466 (2000)   Cited 26,918 times   101 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum must be submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt”
  2. Descamps v. United States

    570 U.S. 254 (2013)   Cited 5,028 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "may look only to the statutory definitions—i.e ., the elements—of a defendant’s prior offenses"
  3. Anderson v. Bessemer City

    470 U.S. 564 (1985)   Cited 10,928 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a factfinder's choice between two permissible views of the evidence cannot be clearly erroneous
  4. Moncrieffe v. Holder

    569 U.S. 184 (2013)   Cited 1,378 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sharing marijuana not an aggravated felony
  5. Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder

    560 U.S. 563 (2010)   Cited 970 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts should look to the “conviction itself,” rather than a crime or sentence with which the defendant “could have been” charged or assigned, in determining whether a previous conviction is an aggravated felony under the INA
  6. U.S. Bank v. Vill. at Lakeridge, LLC.

    138 S. Ct. 960 (2018)   Cited 280 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "whether the historical facts found satisfy the legal test" presents a "mixed question of law and fact"
  7. Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc.

    460 U.S. 103 (1983)   Cited 468 times
    Holding that federal law defines terms in federal statutes unless Congress indicates otherwise
  8. Negusie v. Holder

    555 U.S. 511 (2009)   Cited 215 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Fedorenko's rule that voluntariness is irrelevant to culpability with respect to the DPA's persecutor bar need not be applied to the analogous INA persecutor bar
  9. Mellouli v. Lynch

    575 U.S. 798 (2015)   Cited 108 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Determining minimum conduct at the time of petitioner's conviction
  10. Kawashima v. Holder

    565 U.S. 478 (2012)   Cited 72 times
    Holding that a violation of § 7206 can be serious enough to be an aggravated felony and deportable offense under the Immigration and Nationality Act
  11. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 8,032 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General
  12. Section 1229b - Cancellation of removal; adjustment of status

    8 U.S.C. § 1229b   Cited 5,205 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Granting the Attorney General discretion to cancel the removal of an alien who has “been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a ... parent who is ... a United States citizen”
  13. Section 802 - Definitions

    21 U.S.C. § 802   Cited 4,063 times   85 Legal Analyses
    Excluding hemp from the schedules
  14. Section 780-113 - Prohibited acts; penalties

    35 Pa. Stat. § 780-113   Cited 3,003 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance
  15. Section 812 - Schedules of controlled substances

    21 U.S.C. § 812   Cited 2,882 times   79 Legal Analyses
    Criminalizing heroin